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Recently visited a mall and discovered that most shopping malls have same DNA, even gender, predictable disconnects and abrupt endings...
The largest chadelier in the world: Built over 4 years, 14 meters tall, 8 meters diameter, 8.5 tons, 1122 bulbs, 600,000 crystals
Permanent art work by Dale Chihuly, in the San Antonio Museum of Art.
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March 8, 2021 - Dale Chihuly's Persian Ceiling at the entrance to the Himalayan Mountains Biome at the Franklin Park Conservatory. Columbus, Ohio
The Pantheon, Rome. This is the largest non reinforced concrete dome in the world. It has a central oculus which is open to the sky. The flooring is cambered to allow rain water entering to run towards several drainage holes placed in the floor tiling. The height of the dome and its diameter are the same - 43 metres.
The Pantheon is a former Roman temple, now a church, dedicated to St Mary and the Martyrs. It is situated on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus. It was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD.
Public buildings, including restaurants and pubs, often have panels or decorations on the ceiling to muffle noise and to create an ambiance. They often go unnoticed on a conscious level but still have an effect on an unconscious level. if you make a point of looking up, you may be surprised by what you will see. These elements on the ceiling of a mall almost escaped my attention. They remind me of "f-holes" on violins.
Quinte Mall
Belleville, Ontario
The Unitarian Memorial Church
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
December 19th, 2014
I was lucky enough to me invited to spend the afternoon inside one of the town of Fairhaven's most iconic structures, the Unitarian Memorial Church. The first image seen here is not of the church but of the stage in the adjacent building's auditorium that is connected to the church. There is not a single inch inside these buildings that there isn't a feast for the eyes.
Many, many images to follow, stay tuned.
Some history of the church in general:
"The Unitarian Memorial Church in Fairhaven Massachusetts was built, financed and donated to the Unitarians in 1904 by Henry H. Rogers in memory of his mother, Mary Eldredge Huttleston. The architects Brigham, Coveney and Bisbee of Boston designed this church in the 15th century Gothic perpendicular style.
The Unitarian Memorial Church is one hundred fourteen feet in height, one hundred feet long in body and fifty-three feet wide. The nave is thirty-two feet wide and seventy-one feet long. The main aisle is sixty-two feet long and six feet wide.
The church, parish house and former parsonage (now Harrop Center) of the Unitarian Society are so placed as to form three sides of a quadrangle, set among well-kept lawns and shrubbery.
Granite (locally quarried) with Indiana limestone decorative carvings dominate the exterior while marble and limestone carvings dominate the interior. All stonework artistry was created by forty-five Italian craftsmen brought to Fairhaven by Rogers."
SOURCE: unitarianmemorialchurch.org/
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I have often been reminded of my own mortality but I have never been very religious. I can still appreciate the beauty and architectural achievement behind these magnificent buildings. And the light and colors are fantastic from a photographers view.
Shots taken in St Nicolai church in Lidköping Sweden
Sony A99ii
Tamron 15-30 F/2.8
Press the key "L" to see full screen size - press the same key again to return to the original size.
PENTAX K-5 • 800 ISO • Sigma 8-16mm f:4.5-5.6 DC HSM
Handheld HDR 3 photos (-2, 0, +2 EV) fused with Photomatix 5.0.3
Cathédrale de Reims • Champagne-Ardennes • France
WEEK 25 – Columbus Kmart, Set 1
Panning down from the luggage sign, here's a straighter view looking towards the rear wall of the store. Judging by the large green kayaks up on that top shelf against the back wall, that must be the sporting goods department, haha! Even more attention-grabbing than those kayaks, though... (cont.)
(c) 2018 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Morrison Library, UCBerkeley.
I don't believe this is true "running plaster", as this room was created in the 1920s to resemble an old English mansion. But I'll see what I can learn about it.
Lichfield Cathedral, 2011.
An earlier set from Lichfield - www.flickr.com/photos/petezab/sets/72157624963696975/